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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Straw-Blown Painted Fireworks

I asked my oldest son, “What do we celebrate on the fourth
of July?”

“President’s Day?” he answered unsure.

“Uh-oh,” I thought. My son didn’t have the context behind
why we celebrate Independence Day. I took some time to explain to him that on July 4,
1776, the U.S. adopted the Declaration of Independence, declaring its freedom
from Great Britain.

“Oooooohhhh,” he said. I could almost hear it click.

Now I had him write down how he would celebrate Independence
Day this year (apparently, we’re not just going to a parade and watching
fireworks, we’re playing Wii!). When he was done writing, we got out our set of watercolor paints.

He dabbed some drops on the paper and with a drinking straw,
blew air across the paint, pushing it out from the center droplet to make a fireworks shape.

Straw blowing art was one of my favorites as a kid too! The fireworks turned out so colorful and vibrant, I love them! I love how you added a writing promt to the activity too. My boys would have definitely added in playing the wii too. :)

The fireworks turned out great! I'm glad that you took the time to teach him the meaning behind 4th of July. Thank you for sharing at Saturday Show and Tell! I hope you'll be back this week.-Mackenziehttp://www.cheeriosandlattes.com

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The Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational blog was born out of one mom's desire to chronicle all the afterschool activities she is doing with her oldest son. Thanks to the Internet, when his sibling is school age and there's even LESS time to reinvent the wheel, she won't have to. (Aren't blogs wonderful?!?) Fortunately for you, she's sharing these ideas and activities with other parents who, like her, believe learning doesn't stop when the school day ends.